CNN Sexual Harassment Map: Israel an Arab State

UPDATE

As a result of this post and your complaints to CNN, the map has been changed and a correction published at the foot of the article.

Sexual harassment is a serious topic and CNN should be commended for a feature article “How it stands around the globe.”

However, a map in the section on the Middle East and North Africa contains a careless error.

The map highlights in orange what it terms “Arab States.” Note how Israel is also colored orange.

The only small area that isn’t colored orange is the West Bank / Judea and Samaria. While it is a positive that CNN has not marked this area as an Arab state, including Israel as one is an unacceptable and particularly stupid error.

To be clear, Israel is not mentioned in the text of the story. Obviously, this does not mean that sexual harassment never happens in Israel. This is not about absolving Israel from the problem of sexual harassment but about correcting CNN’s inaccuracy.

This isn’t the first time that CNN has made a mess of a map involving Israel. HonestReporting got the correction last time.

Help us get it corrected this time by contacting CNN through its Feedback page – http://edition.cnn.com/feedback/